The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Wansdike

Somerset (County [UK]), England


View Larger MapDescription of institution: A series of early medieval defensive linear earthworks in the West Country of England, consisting of a ditch and a running embankment from the ditch spoil, with the ditching facing north. URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wansdyke_(earthwork)